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Short Description: Dania Beach, located in southeast Florida between Fort Lauderdale (to the north) and Hollywood (to the south) is older than Broward County where it is located.
The City is Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport is five minutes away and bounded on three sides by the City. In fact, the airport was called Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport at Dania Beach.
Fort Lauderdale 10 minutes to the north, West Palm Beach another 40 minutes further north and Miami 30 minutes to the south.
Dania Beach is a full service city with 166 full time employees and anot ...read more
Short Description: St Petersburg is located on the southern end of Pinellas Peninsula on the Gulf of Mexico. The "Sunshine City" named after one of the coldest cities of the world, Russia's St. Petersburg. The community has 102 city parks on 2,400 acres, including a seven mile preserved downtown waterfront, Pinellas Trail and a 47-mile hiking/biking trail, two municipal golf courses, five beaches, eight public pools, 30 tennis/ racquetball and handball courts (including 15 clay courts).
St. Petersburg is also home to a Major League Baseball Devil Rays located at the largest structure of its type in the world at Tropicana Field. Across ...read more
Short Description: Key West, the county seat of Monroe County is the southernmost point of the United States 145 miles south of the Miami and 90 miles north of Cuba. The city includes the northern part of neighboring Stock Island. The City initially developed because of its proximity to the Florida Straits, the abutting Florida Reef and the Gulf Stream. The entire Keys is an elongated chain of low lying islands over 220 miles in length extending from the southeastern tip of the Florida peninsula to the Dry Tortugas.
Key West is the last stop at MM-0, Overseas Highway-US-1. Tourism is the major activity for locals in this 'live and let live' commun ...read more
Short Description: Umatilla is 30 miles from Deltona and 85 miles from Tampa. The community is known as the "Gateway to the Ocala National Forest” located on its southern edge. The city reveals the "Old" Florida cracker and Victorian style houses and a daylong celebration of the Florida black bear.
William A. Whitcomb, formerly of Cincinnati, who had been in correspondence with some people in Umatilla, Oregon, suggested the name meaning “laughing waters”.
There were no roads or rails when town founder Nathan Trowell came to Umatilla in 1852. Traveling was done on sand trails that led to the St. Johns River. Trowell c ...read more
Short Description: The General Development Corporation (GDC) developed Port Charlotte in the late 1950’s. The community is located 25 miles north of Fort Myers and 35 miles south of Sarasota between the Peace and Myakka rivers. Port Charlotte has 165 miles of waterways with access to Charlotte Harbor and the Gulf of Mexico.
Port Charlotte is not an incorporated municipality, but the most-populated area in Charlotte County.
Local attractions include 9 golf courses, the Charlotte County Sports Park and Stadium, the 275-acre Tippecanoe Environmental Park, the Charlotte Players, the Cultural Center and the Charlotte Symp ...read more
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